ALFILM – Arab Film Festival Berlin
Viola Shafik “Home Movie On Location”
Documentary, Egypt/Germany, 2025, 100 mins.
Afterwards: Talk with Viola Shafik & Onsi Abou Seif / Arabic with English translation
- Film
Arabic /
German /
With English subtitles /
In this autobiographical documentary about family, love of cinema, and the perpetual condition of being between homes, languages, and places, Shafik explores her relationship with her son and his father, the renowned art director and production designer Onsi Abou Seif. Also front-and-center is their shared entanglement with Egyptian cinema, past and present: her through her groundbreaking scholarly work, and him through his set designs and the development of the visual worlds of numerous masterpieces of Arab cinema from the late 60s of the previous century until today. The film’s journey unfolds into deeper reflections on migration, political oppression, and the erasure of places and identities. ALFILM presents “Home Movie On Location” in its German premiere.
Dates
Current
Credits
The 17th edition of ALFILM is funded by the Haupstadtkulturfonds and the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion, the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung with financial support of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, the Council of the Arab Ambassadors in association with the Mission of the Arab League, and the Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient. In cooperation with HAU Hebbel am Ufer.
Location
HAU1
Stresemannstr. 29, 10963 BerlinThere are two marked parking spots in front of the building. Access to the Parkett by means of a separate entrance with lift when necessary. Barrier-free restroom facilities are available.
